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SriLankan Airlines changes London route after Israel attack; carries extra fuel

Iran's missile attack on Israel has threatened escalation of fighting in the Middle East

October 3, 2024 1 min read

SeaLead Shipping, Sri Lanka Ports Authority launch direct liner service

SeaLead launches liner service in partnership with Sri Lanka Ports Authority

October 2, 2024 1 min read

Policy decision on SriLankan Airlines restructure to be taken after elections

Attempts to find a buyer for the airline so far has failed.

October 1, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka calls bids to develop Mannar North pier on BOT basis

Mannar will be Sri Lanka's seventh port.

September 20, 2024 2 min read
Sri Lanka’s Colombo Port could handle record 8.2mn boxes in 2025

The SLPA had projected the port’s total capacity to double to 15 million TEUs by 2026.

Sri Lanka to exempt embarkation tax at Mattala airport till June 2027

Some airlines have expressed interest in operating to the airport

India sends ships, aircraft to help Sri Lanka control oil spill, X-press Pearl blaze

Vessels Vaibhav, Vajra and Samudra Prehari by Indian Coast Guard and Tug Water Lilly

May 25, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka fishermen warned off X-Pres Pearl fire zone amid oil spill fears: Minister

Video footage shows the fire blazing amidships and the X-Press Pearl listing to port

Mahadiya Hamza
May 25, 2021 3 min read

Blazing X-press Pearl off Sri Lanka triggers Tier II oil spill warning

The fire began in containers carrying chemicals

Mahadiya Hamza
May 25, 2021 3 min read

Singapore flagged X-Press Pearl under watch off Sri Lanka after fire

Sri Lanka vessels monitoring the vessel for fresh fires

May 21, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lankan Airlines eyes Boeing aircraft maintenance

Looking at airframe maintenance, component maintenance and training

May 20, 2021 1 min read

Sri Lanka halts inbound passengers from May 23

Passengers can however depart the country.

May 19, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka's China-run port sees record vehicle transshipment to Mexico, South Africa, EU

Vehicles arrived from Chennai, Mundra, Ennore in India and Gunsan and Pyeongtaek in South Korea

May 17, 2021 1 min read

SriLankan aircraft MRO teams up with UK firm for freighter conversions

The first PTF conversion was on an Airbus A320 belonging to FitsAir.

May 15, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka exporters, importers battle high rates, box shortfalls to maintain trade lifeline

Sri Lanka's exporters and importers are working against multiple global and domestic disruptions in logistics in the pos...

Mahadiya Hamza
April 23, 2021 6 min read

SriLankan Airlines to fly to Kenya, connecting East Africa to Asia

State-run SriLankan Airlines said it will start flying to Nairobi, Kenya from April 22, taking traffic from East Africa ...

April 22, 2021 2 min read
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Sri Lankan aircraft hit from behind

Sri Lankan airlines said one of its aircraft parked at Malé airport in the Maldives had been hit from behind, damaging ...

April 22, 2021 1 min read

Uranium ship leaves Sri Lanka's Hambantota port

A ship loaded with Uranium bound for China which had docked at Sri Lanka's Hambantota Port for emergency repairs had lef...

April 21, 2021 1 min read

Singapore Airlines increases Sri Lanka flights to 5 times a week

Singapore Airlines said it is increasing weekly flights to Sri Lanka's capital Colombo from the current three to five a ...

April 12, 2021 1 min read

Evergreen ship blocking Suez Canal beginning to float helped by Super Moon

A ship blocking Suez canal has been refloated helped by rising tides after several days of work with tugs and dredgers, ...

March 29, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka exporters braced for delays, higher freight rates from Suez Canal shock

Sri Lanka's exporters and importers are braced for a spike in already high freight rates and delays amid rising fears th...

Mahadiya Hamza
March 26, 2021 3 min read

Suez canal shipping suspended amid efforts to re-float grounded Evergreen vessel

Ship traffic across the Suez canal has been suspended as efforts are made to dislodge an Evergreen container ship that i...

March 26, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka's China-run port eyes fertilizer transshipment with Russian billionaire

Sri Lanka's China-run Hambantota Port has discussed fertilizer transshipment with Russian billionaire Andrey Igorevich M...

March 26, 2021 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Adani-WCT terminal is a private deal without tender, not govt-to-govt: opposition

Handing over the West Container Terminal of Sri Lanka's Colombo port to Adani group is not a government-to-government co...

March 20, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka container transshipment down 3.3-pct, domestic down 14.4-pct

Container throughput at Sri Lanka's ports fell 5.2 percent to 6.85 million twenty foot equivalent unit in 2020 with a st...

March 18, 2021 1 min read

SriLankan Engineering to maintain FITS Aviation Airbus freighters

SriLankan Engineering said it had struck a deal to maintain Airbus A320 family freighters operated by Sri Lanka based FI...

March 17, 2021 1 min read